Walk Addiscombe from Ashburton Park outwards and the mainly Edwardian pattern is obvious: 42% of the 11,026 households in CR0 live in flats, 58% in houses.
33% of households rent privately and 54% own, which is why mattress cleaning demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Walls are solid London stock brick in CR0, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — and with 30% one-person households in Addiscombe, one adult is usually the only pair of hands on site, so the fixing that matters in Addiscombe is chosen on site — the usual failure here is fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body on these streets — and tram-line crossings, narrow terraced streets and permit bays near the tram stops.
Two streets can behave very differently in Addiscombe: tree-lined Edwardian streets and a small parade east of central Croydon. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Addiscombe is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: tram-line crossings, narrow terraced streets and permit bays near the tram stops. Addiscombe (Tramlink) is the nearest station, and one technician with a portable extraction machine and air mover on a single household booking; two technicians on HMO, student accommodation and serviced-apartment rounds where six or more mattresses are cleaned in a day.